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OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS, OUTPUT INDICATORS,
TARGETS AND ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Reasons for
Actual Deviation revisions to
Audited Audited Planned Achievement from planned the Outputs/
Actual Actual Annual 2024/2025 target to Actual Output
Performance Performance Target until date of Achievement indicators/
No. Outcome Output No. Output indicator 2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025 re-tabling* 2024/2025 Reasons for deviations Annual Targets
Programme 1 – Administration
1.1 To ensure good Clean audit opinion 1.1.1 A clean audit opinion on Clean Audit Clean Audit Clean Audit Clean Audit N/A N/A No revision
governance, effective the SAMRC from the
administration Auditor-General
and compliance
with government
regulations
1.2 To promote the Efficient expenditure 1.2.1 Percentage of the government 17% 19% 20% 19.53% 0.47% Overperformance because of our efficient and No revision
organisation’s of government allocated SAMRC budget spent effective processes and directing more financial
administrative allocated budget on administration resources towards the mandate of the SAMRC of
efficiency to maximise conducting and funding research.
the funds available
for research
Programme 2 – Core Research
2.1 To produce and Published journal 2.1.1 Number of accepted and 1 455 1 294 600 1 339 739 By following standard operating procedures, No revision
promote scientific articles, book published journal articles, book mobilizing additional (financial) resources, and
excellence and the chapters and books chapters and books by SAMRC engaging stakeholders, SAMRC was able to
reputation of affiliated and funded authors increase outputs. When the target was set, SAMRC
South African was not expecting to receive additional resources
health research to conduct and fund more research.
Published journal 2.1.2 Number of accepted 445 373 170 465 295 By following standard operating procedures, No revision
articles by SAMRC and published journal articles mobilizing additional (financial) resources, and
grant-holders by SAMRC grant-holders engaging stakeholders, SAMRC was able to
with acknowledgment of increase outputs. When the target was set, SAMRC
the SAMRC was not expecting to receive additional resources
to conduct and fund more research.
2.2 To provide leadership Published journal 2.2.1 Number of accepted and 775 646 255 673 418 By following standard operating procedures, No revision
in the generation articles with the first published journal articles where mobilizing additional (financial) resources, and
of new knowledge or last author the first and/or last author is engaging stakeholders, SAMRC was able to
in health affiliated to the SAMRC increase outputs. When the target was set,
SAMRC was not expecting to receive additional
resources to conduct and fund more research.
2.3 To provide funding Research grants 2.3.1 Number of research grants 174 221 170 197 27 Receipt of additional financial resources by the No revision
for the conduct of awarded awarded by the SAMRC SAMRC from new funding partnerships led to
health research awarding of more research grants than projected.

* As agreed with NDOH, SAMRC APP 2024/25 was not re-tabled

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